Sputnik and Shed
Two photobooks documenting what could be called ‘socialist playgrounds’ reveal the differences between adults designing for children, and children designing for themselves.
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Frances Hatherley
Dr Frances Hatherley is a writer, researcher and curator. Her writing engages with working-class women’s subjectivities, creativities, art works, and notions of a classed aesthetics.
Mothers, Artists, Workers
The ‘March of the Mummies’ has drawn attention to how poor childcare provision is in Britain. A small project in southeast London suggests some ways out.
Shoot it Yourself!
The first publication by the left-wing London archive MayDay Rooms showcases examples from the 1930s and 1970s of conscious workers using photography as a tool for solidarity and political understanding.
Living to Tell
Paris Lees’ novel, inspired by her upbringing in the East Midlands, is a traumatic and funny story of class mobility, and of the places where the oppressions of class and gender collide.
What Does it Mean to Be Working Class in the Arts?
A new online exhibition exposes the financial and cultural obstacles working-class artists face breaking through – and offers a reminder of the distinctive perspective workers bring to the arts.